corridor

a passageway in a passenger ship or railroad car permitting access to separate cabins or compartments.

4.

a narrow tract of land forming a passageway, as one connecting two major cities or one belonging to an inland country and affording an outlet to the sea:

the Polish Corridor.

5.

a usually densely populated region characterized by one or more well-traveled routes used by railroad, airline, or other carriers:

The Northeast corridor extends from Washington, D.C., to Boston.

6.

Aeronautics. a restricted path along which an aircraft must travel to avoid hostile action, other air traffic, etc.

7.

Aerospace. a carefully calculated path through the atmosphere along which a space vehicle must travel after launch or during reentry in order to attain a desired orbit, to avoid severe acceleration and deceleration, or to minimize aerodynamic heating.

Having arrayed himself thus hardily, he resumed his quest along the corridor.

He was in the midst of his exposition when the door from the corridor opened slowly and without noise.

Then his ears caught a louder sound from somewhere along the corridor outside.

Silent, they wince at every noise from down the corridor.

The prairie pothole region is a migratory corridor and a haven for rare plants.

In addition, a major existing transmission corridor borders the site.

Revenue from pricing could fund both highway and transit capital and operations in the corridor where the revenues are collected.

Out the door they go and turn right in the level corridor, still running.

In the corridor by his enclosure are posters and pictures from children.

We went down the corridor to see if other people would contribute.

British Dictionary definitions for corridor

corridor

/ˈkɒrɪˌdɔː/

noun

1.

a hallway or passage connecting parts of a building

2.

a strip of land or airspace along the route of a road or river: the M1 corridor

3.

a strip of land or airspace that affords access, either from a landlocked country to the sea (such as the Polish corridor, 1919-39, which divided Germany) or from a state to an exclave (such as the Berlin corridor, 1945–90, which passed through the former East Germany)

4.

a passageway connecting the compartments of a railway coach

5.

corridors of power, the higher echelons of government, the Civil Service, etc, considered as the location of power and influence

6.

a flight path that affords safe access for intruding aircraft

7.

the path that a spacecraft must follow when re-entering the atmosphere, above which lift is insufficient and below which heating effects are excessive

Word Origin

C16: from Old French, from Old Italian corridore, literally: place for running, from correre to run, from Latin currere

1590s, from French corridor (16c.), from Italian corridore "a gallery," literally "a runner," from correre "to run," from Latin currere (see current (adj.)). Originally of fortifications, meaning "long hallway" is first recorded 1814.